Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Source : IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Volume 18, Issue 3, p.574-587 (2019)
Keywords : ALM algorithm, Analytical models, AP buffer occupancy, Cellular, channel errors, closed form expression, common WiFi access point, convergence and stability, fair coexistence, fairness issue, integrated fluid, Internet, Internet congestion control, last-mile WiFi networks, MPTCP users, Multipath TCP, Numerical stability, packet admission probability, packet-level analytical model, probability, real-time adaptive loss management algorithm, regular TCP, Stability analysis, telecommunication congestion control, Throughput, throughput unfairness, Transient analysis, transport protocols, unfairness, WiFi, Wireless Fidelity, wireless LAN, wireless last-miles
Campus : Bengaluru
School : School of Engineering
Department : Electronics and Communication
Year : 2019
Abstract : Recent advancements in Internet congestion control have introduced a multipath TCP (MPTCP) that aims to simultaneously utilize multiple available paths in the network. In this paper, we develop an integrated fluid and packet-level analytical model to study the coexistence of regular and MPTCP users sharing a common WiFi access point (AP). We observe a throughput unfairness of MPTCP with regular TCP in the last-mile WiFi networks. In order to fix the fairness issue, we develop a real-time Adaptive Loss Management (ALM) algorithm that continuously monitors the deviation in AP buffer occupancy and adapts its packet admission probability based on a closed form expression derived from our analytical model. We provide a proof as well as show via numerical and simulation results that the proposed ALM algorithm is TCP-friendly by design, and provably stable.
Cite this Research Publication : S. R. Pokhrel, Manoj Kumar Panda, and Hai Le Vu, “Fair Coexistence of Regular and Multipath TCP over Wireless Last-Miles”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 574-587, 2019.